Defcon Wifi Shootout Rules

1. The contest is open to Defcon 13 attendees who agree to the contest rules. Contestants must register with and be accepted by contest staff in order to participate.

2. Teams may be comprised of any number of individuals greater than or equal to two.

3. The contest will commence Friday, 29 July at 1200 hours. The contest will end Saturday, 30 July at 1800 hours.

4. Contestants MUST check-in/register with contest staff in the Defcon Contests Area, which is the Athena Room of the Alexis Park Hotel between 1200 and 1220 hours on either Friday or Saturday. No registrations will be accepted after 1220 on Saturday. Onsite registration will only be allowed in the Athena Room of the Alexis Park Hotel.

5. There are 4 contest categories. Teams may participate in up to 2 categories. See the Contest Categories for more information.

6. Contestants shall provide their own transceiving equipment at both ends, which must be capable of sending, receiving, and displaying a specific test message provided by contest staff.

7. Contestants are responsible for the proper operation of their equipment. Contest staff will bear no responsibility or liability arising from the operation of said equipment.

8. Official distances will be the calculated distance (by means of GPS coordinates) between a team's two nearest 2.4GHz, 802.11b/g radiating elements. One of these radiating elements must be within a reasonable distance (a few thousand feet) of base camp. NO active relaying will be allowed!

9. 2.4 GHz, 802.11b/g radiating elements must be supported by Earth-bound structures, and must be no higher than 100 hundred feet above ground level.

10. Contestants agree to compete honestly, and may be summarily disqualified at any time for behavior deemed inappropriate by contest
staff, i.e. intentionally logging false distances, or interfering with other participants' transmissions. No cheating, DOSing, jamming or sabotage!

11. Requests for official distance measurements are to be submitted to contest staff at base camp. Friday will be the day for contestants to set up and test their equipment. However, no official distance measurements will be made on that day. Requests will be accepted between 1200 and 1800 hours on Saturday only. Each request submitted by 1800 hours will be honored that day. Contest staff will stay late Saturday night to honor all requests made before 1800 hours.

12. Winners agree to openly disclose the technology and methods used to achieve winning distances. To meet this requirement each team will be required to provide a contact name and e-mail address at the time of registration.

Defcon Wifi Shootout "Wi-Fry" Details

The Wi-Fry will consist of a simulated network architecture, featuring a consumer-grade access point, a laptop connected to the AP wirelessly, and a server on the back-end hard-wired to the laptop.  The laptop will be running the AirMagnet Intrusion Prevention System.  However, the AirMagnet IPS will not be "participating" in the contest, but, will be there for monitoring purposes only.

There will be a tiered system of hurdles to be overcome in order to advance:

Tier 1 - Crack WEP
Tier 2 (bonus points and optional) - Break a WPA-Pre Sharred Key
Tier 3 (bonus points and optional) - Take over the AP by cracking the admin password
Tier 4 - Get through the laptop to the wired side and get a file off the Windows share

Bonus points will count against the time it takes to get the file, in case someone gets the file quickly by completing just tiers 1 and 4.  Other players will still have the opportunity to win if they can get past Tiers 2 and 3 and show proof in the form of a screen grab and/or password.

Prize - The Winner will receive a copy of AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer software (a $3500 value).